Torsion-controlled spin transport and tunable intersubband absorption in a screw-dislocated semiconductor nanowire (opens in new tab)

We develop an effective-mass theory for spin-resolved transport and intersubband optical absorption in a finite semiconductor nanowire containing a uniform screw-dislocation-induced torsion. The central transport quantity is the band bottom of each torsion-dependent one-dimensional subband: torsion lowers this band bottom while an axial magnetic field resolves the two Zeeman branches, so that a spin-selective torsion interval opens when the Ferm...